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In 1785 Thomas entered a Latin essay-writing competition at Cambridge University. The subject was Anne Liceat Invitos In Servitvtem Dare?

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In 1785 Thomas entered a Latin essay-writing competition at Cambridge University. The subject was Anne Liceat Invitos In Servitvtem Dare?

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At the time he, like many people in Britain, knew little about the horrors of slavery and the slave trade. For the next two months he read widely on the subject of slavery and the slave trade. He later described his feelings as he became immersed in the reading.